For Sale: 1983 Kawasaki KZ 1000R ELR Eddie Lawson Replica
We have seen a number of ELR offerings on RSBFS in the past few months – enough to make you wonder how rare these really are. But such is the nature of the collectable bike market – you might not see something for a very long time, only to then find several available at once.
Unlike the last few ELRs posted here (such as THIS ONE or THIS ONE, this bike is not quite museum quality. It would appear that most of the bits are there, the owner has outlined his performance mods in the text below AND will throw in a new Kerker exhaust as well as some other stock bits. In all, not a bad find for a bike with reasonable miles in reasonable condition.
From the seller:
I am listing this 1000R that I have owned for almost 25 years. I bought the bike from the original owner in 1987, it had 15,600 miles on it then. Since owning it, I had the motor completely rebuilt, including a Falicon crank, GPZ1100 cylinders and pistons with new rings. I have the original pistons, stock cams, all new valves, cam chain, cam sprockets which were slotted and degree’d, and race cut transmission. I have the original carbs and airbox that were replaced with Mukuni Flat slides. The bike runs really well with this combination. All work was performed by Cycle Performance Engineering, CPE, Clinton MD. They maintained this bike for me for almost 20 years til the death of the shop owner 5 years ago. I have reciepts for all work performed.I had the bike running up on til 2-3 years ago, since this time things have happened. Carbs need cleaning, it may start, but haven’t tried, rolls over with no problem. Both brake master cylinders need to be rebuilt. The bike doesn’t roll easily, we did new wheel bearings 5 years ago. There are no leaks, fork seals were done in 1993, no leaks. Tires are what came on the bike when purchased from the original owner.
Cosmeticlly it’s a 15,000 mile bike, not perfect, has fading and a couple of small chips in the paint, with typical paint missing on the master cylinder. Windscreen has some discoloration and one small crack by mounting screw. All lights and electrics work fine. I also have NIB (new in box) the correct Kerker system puchased in 1993, also have NIB turn signals (4) 1993.
Pricing on these ELR models swings as wildly as the condition in which we find them. Great bikes pull in $10k+, and average bikes struggle to reach $7k. I think that this bike may be one of the latter, although considering the desirability and collectability of this model, that is not a bad deal. Bidding has currently stalled in the $5k range, but with time left on the auction and a willing bidder, this ELR could be yours! Click on the link to . Good Luck!
MI
